THIS AGAIN.
THEY HAVE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF IT.
STEVE: WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GET
TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT’S GOING ON
IN OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.
ONE THING THE PRESIDENT DID NOT
ADDRESS LAST NIGHT WAS THE
CRISIS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER
AND IT IS A CRISIS.
GRIFF JENKINS LIVE FROM LAREDO
TODAY WITH MORE.
YOU HAVE SOME UNBELIEVABLE VIDEO
SHOWING PEOPLE LINED UP WAITING
TO GET ON BOATS, THEY HAVE TO
PAY HUNDREDS OF BUCKS TO THE
SMUGGLERS, THIS IS JAW-DROPPING.
GRIFF: THEY DO, INDEED, STEVE,
AINSLEY AND BRIAN.
HAPPY FRIDAY TO YOU.
LY GET TO THAT VIDEO IN A
MOMENT.
FIRST THE PRESIDENT NOT
ADDRESSING AFTER 50 DAYS IN
OFFICE THE ESCALATING MIGRANT
CRISIS AND MANY THOUGHT HE MIGHT
DO SO BECAUSE WIDELY VIEWED THAT
FIRST-DAY PROMISES LIKE REMAIN
IN MEXICO HAS LED TO SPIKE ON
SOUTHERN BORDER.
NOW AT THE WHITE HOUSE OUR OWN
PETER DOOCY ASKING JEN PSAKI
ABOUT THE MEXICAN PRESIDENT’S
VIEW OF PRESIDENT BIDEN.
WATCH.
>> HE SAID, THEY SEE HIM AS A
MIGRANT PRESIDENT AND SO MANY
FEEL THEY ARE GOING TO REACH THE
UNITED STATES.
>> MEXICO WILL HAVE TO BE -- IS
AN IMPORTANT PARTNER AND
ENSURING WE ARE ADDRESSING THE
FLOW OF MIGRANTS.
WE MADE A POLICY DECISION
BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WAS HUMANE
APPROACH.
BUT THE FACTS ARE --
>> GRIFF: ON THE HEELS OF
FEBRUARY NUMBERS.
1,441 ENCOUNTERS IN FEBRUARY
COMPARED TO 2019 WHEN IT WAS A
CRISIS.
IT WAS ONLY OVER 66,000, NOW THE
VIDEO YOU MENTIONED, TAKE A LOOK
AT THIS.
IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY WHERE I
WAS YESTERDAY AT THE RIVER
CROSSING JUST HUNDREDS ON THE
BANK COMING HOUR AFTER HOUR, I
HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES TO THAT
VERY POINT AND I CAN TELL YOU
IT’S CERTAINLY IN FULL FORCE
RIGHT NOW.
MINORITY LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY
SPEAKING OUT YESTERDAY.
HE’LL BE MAKING A TRIP DOWN TO
THE BORDER ON MONDAY AND HERE IS
A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT HE HAD TO
SAY, LISTEN.
>> THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE
ANYMORE.
IT’S BECOMING A NATIONAL
SECURITY CONCERN.
HE HASN’T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGED THE
CRISIS HE CREATED.
GRIFF: NOW IN LAREDO BECAUSE WE
HAVE A BUYER DELEGATION COMING
DOWN, REPUBLICAN, TEXAS SENATOR
JOHN CORNYN COMING WITH HENRY
COLLA, HAS HIS DISTRICT.
FIRST TO CARRIZO SPRINGS, TEEN
FACILITY AN HOUR AWAY AND THE
MEDIA NOT ALLOWED TO GO ON THE
TOUR AND THEN COME TO LAREDO FOR
A ROUND TABLE WITH SOME OF THE
LOCAL LEADERS.
WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT TO YOU
ALL DAY LONG, BRIAN, AINSLEY AND
STEVE.
STEVE: GRIFF, YOU AND I HAVE
TALKED ABOUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN
COLOR COATED WRIST BANDS THAT
APPARENTLY SOME OF THE SMUGGLERS
ARE PUTTING TO PEOPLE TO
INDICATE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
PAID BY, YOU KNOW, THEY PAID THE
SMUGGLERS.
DO THE SMUGGLERS ONLY HAVE TO
GET THEM ACROSS THE RIVER AND
THEN THEY ARE PROCESSED,
ESSENTIALLY HOME FREE ONCE THEY
GET THEM OFF THE BOAT, RIGHT?
GRIFF: THAT’S RIGHT, THERE’S A
COUPLE OF INTERESTING THINGS
BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE
VIDEOS THAT WE SHOT AND AS I WAS
ENCOUNTERING THE MIGRANTS THIS
WEEK, I LOOKED AND SAW THEIR
CLOTHES WERE CLEAN, THEY LOOKED
TO BE FAIRLY PUT TOGETHER AND
THAT’S UNIQUE TO ME AS AN
OBSERVATION BECAUSE I’VE
TRAVELED THE 4,000 MILES FROM
SAN PEDRO TO HONDURAS, HONDURAS
TO GUATEMALA AND ALL THE WAY OF
THOUSANDS OF MILES OF MEXICO AND
YOU DON’T LOOK LIKE THAT, YOUR
CLOTHES ARE NOT CLEAN AFTER A
MULTIWEEK TRIP LIKE THAT.
ANOTHER INDICATION.
I THINK, AINSLEY, THE CARTELS
ARE CONTROLLING EVERY MOVE ON
THAT SIDE OF THE BORDER AND THEY
ARE BEING HELD AT A VARIOUS SPOT
BEFORE THEY ARE MOVED AND SO I
THINK ON THE OTHER SIDE, ON THE
SOUTHERN SIDE IT’S QUITE
ORGANIZED AND THE CARTELS ARE
TAKING AN OPPORTUNITY TO -- TO
BE IN CONTROL OF IT.
AINSLEY: NUMBER OF ELICIT DRUG
INCREASED IN FEBRUARY INCLUDES
HEROIN AND METH AND TEXAS
GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR ABBOTT SAID
THE CARTELS ARE BEING ENRICHED.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS
HELPING CARTELS MAKE MORE MONEY.
GRIFF: YEAH.
AINSLEY, A QUICK POINT ON THAT
AND THAT IS HERE IN LAREDO, WE
DON’T SEE THE FAMILY UNITS AND
UNACCOMPANIED MINORS, THERE’S A
LOT OF TRAFFIC AND SO THIS
SECTOR RIGHT HERE IS A HEAVY
NARCOTICS MOVING THROUGH THE
TRACTOR TRAILERS ACROSS THE
BORDER BECAUSE HEAVY TRAFFIC AND
IN THIS AREA THEY ARE SEEING
140% SPIKE IN THE SINGLE ADULTS.
NOW THE OFFICIALS HERE TELL ME
IF THERE’S 140% SPIKE IN THEIR
NUMBERS, THAT MEANS
CONSERVATIVELY THERE’S 140%
SPIKE IN THE PROFITS FOR THE